Cedar Township, Callaway County, Missouri
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Cedar Township today | |
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| Coordinates: 38°42′12″N 092°06′25″W / 38.70333°N 92.10694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Callaway |
| Area | |
• Total | 47.2 sq mi (122.2 km2) |
| • Land | 47.02 sq mi (121.79 km2) |
| • Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2) 0.34% |
| Elevation | 810 ft (247 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,937 |
| • Density | 62.46/sq mi (24.12/km2) |
| FIPS code | 29-12160[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0766374 |
NOTE: Cedar Township in Callaway County no longer contains the town of Cedar City (now incorporated into Jefferson City) since boundary changes creating Summit Township from its former southern sector sometime between 1883[3] and 1897 . This has caused some confusion in historical, geographic, and genealogical research—see "History" section below.
Cedar Township is today one of eighteen townships in Callaway County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,937.[4]
Cedar Township today covers an area of 47.18 square miles (122.2 km2) and revolves around the incorporated town of New Bloomfield and areas in the northern reaches of Holts Summit addresses around Lake Mykee. Cedar Township includes the streams of Fitzhugh Branch, Kelly Branch, Lawson Branch, Murphy Branch, Murray Branch, Riley Branch, Skunk Creek and Town Creek, and cemeteries named Boyce, Cason, King, Mount Zion, Perry, Prospect, Providence, Saint Paul and Sheley. Cedar Township is bordered to the north by Guthrie Township (incl Guthrie), to the east by Caldwell Township (incl Dixie), to the southeast by Cote Sans Dessein township (incl Tebbetts and the remains of the historic Effie and Cote Sans Dessein settlements). To the direct south and southwest of Cedar Township today are Summit Township (including Holts Summit and the southern frontier town of Cedar City now absorbed into Jefferson City).
